Cyclists in Relay Teams
04.07.09
 Quite
a few riders were away competing in Port Pirie on the weekend.
It was a race with a difference on Saturday for those racing locally
when the cyclists were divided into four teams made up of riders
from all grades for a teams relay around the Mad Mile circuit.
The race was over six laps with the teams working out how many laps
each rider would do and the order they would race with the only
stipulation being that all riders had to complete at least one lap.
Many of the senior riders chose to ride alongside the novices on
their lap to give them encouragement while also completing two laps
of their own with two of the teams close as they began the final
lap. Paul Waring, Justin Burke, Chris Margaritis and Heather
Cutting as well as Ben Young, Jessica Shore, Nathan Balkwill and
Ethan Burke chose to have their senior rider do the final lap, which
proved to be a good tactic for Young's team.
Connor Margaritis for Nick Hellowell, Tegan Wood and Chloe Hellowell
was first to begin the sixth lap with Jacob Hughes starting not long
after, cheered on by the rest of this team, Corey Gibbons, Dana
Prater and Keith Gibbons.
Young's team was in third place as
he began the final lap and set out to reel in the two riders in
front of him catching Jacob by the entrance into the golf course on
the Mad Mile and Connor centimetres from the line to narrowly take
out the event.
FULL RACE RESULTS
HERE
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